Author: Maheswari Mahasabha

President’s Note

Jai Mahesh Jai Shri Krishna,
I hope everyone is doing well and by now used with new normal. With festive season approaching and schools started we hope that this brings a little cheer to all.

COVID19 and NISHKAM SEVA
Pandemic has put us in a never seen before situation and I would like to take the opportunity to update all on hands on Nishkam-Seva done and supported by our community members. MMUK team unanimously decided to joins hands with Rajasthan Association UK (RAUK) to help humanity regardless of their religion, nationality and colour in this pandemic.
As it says, Vasudheiva Kutumbakam (“the world is one family”)
Team MMUK and members have done a tremendous work on ground level (TAN-SEVA) which includes procurement of dry groceries in large quantity, food delivery to NHS Hospitals, Old age homes, home delivery of dry grocery bags to stranded people, elderly people, international students, also provided accommodation to stranded students and people in desperate need. Through this initiative we together served nearly 4500+ meals to NHS & to those who were in need of food and accommodation help to 100+ students.

I must say that it would not have been possible without being associated with RAUK, and cannot thank enough to our members Shri Dilipji Pungaliya, Shri Ramprakashji Sonee for providing Nishkam – Seva in this pandemic time.
I was also pleased to know that Sow Monica ji Nachiket ji Chandak, Qualified Cosmetic Chemist, produced sanitizer at her unit, and distributed to MMUK community (who requested) at cost price in those initial days of pandemic where sanitizer was not easy to find.
I was delighted when Shri Gokul ji Agiwal of Norwich, came forward, when he realized that we needed someone in Norwich for Nishkam – Seva.
In strict lock-down, Shri Amit ji Jajoo, initiated virtual Housie and Talent Show for kids. Many families participated and highly appreciated as this helped everyone to keep their spirits up in this pandemic and it was kept going for until the UK lock-down started to ease.
Aadit Kabra (3 years old) & Anaika Kabra (1 year old) both participated in local food collection campaign for the people who needed help in this pandemic. This campaign is still ongoing and collected and distributed 2500 kg of food so far in Sutton Coldfield & Birmingham

I must pay respects and appreciate all doctors and key workers from our community who went out to keep us safe and the country going. I may have missed some unsung heroes amongst us so please raise your hand and do let us know your Nishkam – Seva.
Maheshwari Bhavan – London
It again gives me an immense pleasure to announce that Sow. Shrutiji Vikramji Soni , Wembley, has come forward to pledge towards our Long Term Objective of Maheshwari Bhavan, London making a total pledge to £186,111
I would like to request you all Maheshwari Families to treat this as an invitation to come forward and join hands to Leave Legacy on this foreign land.<

PATRON PROGRAMME:

Through our yearly programme, we have detailed about MMUK patron programme to all community members. For this initiative I would like to inform that MMUK has a set procedure in place to choose a Charity Organisation to support every 2 years. As part of this process in Dec. 2018, an email was sent out to all MMUK members to Nominate their Choice of Charity Organisation to be selected by Team MMUK and we have received following 2 nominations as below:
1) The Akshay Patra
2) Maheshwari Shikshan Vikas Sanstha, Nanded
After checking all their paperwork, Team MMUK unanimously voted for Maheshwari Shikshan Vikas Sanstha, Nanded as per guidelines of MMUK constitution.
I must highlight that MMUK is supporting Maheshwari students who are in desperate need of financial aid to complete their basic education via this organization.
To take this initiative further and encourage and engage more patron’s we have decided on few activities to undertake. First, we will educate patrons and the community via online programmes/videos what value this programme is bringing to the needy. Secondly a token of appreciation will be given at Diwali event to all patron’s.
If any of you require any further information on the Patron Program please do not hesitate to get in touch at info@mmuk.dreamztechnology.net

Diwali 2020
It’s been long, We couldn’t meet and I am sure we all are looking forward to our Diwali, Charity Gala Dinner. However, we are still not sure given the current situation and guidelines. It might be for everyone’s safety and well-being we may have to resort to another Digital event of the year and the date will be announced nearer the time.

Warm Regards
Ramnaresh Sonee
President

Academic News
Grammar School News :
Miss Bhavika Soni, Daughter of Shri Pravin ji & Sow. Leena ji Soni has secured place in Wolverhampton girls High School.

University Admission News:

Miss Shruti Darak, daughter of Shri Ramesh ji & Sow. Sandhya ji Darak has secured a place in the Medicine Course (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery – MBBS) at Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford Campus for Sep 2020.

Obituaries
To lose one’s loved one is always hard to cope, and pandemic made it even more difficult to grieve. For all our MMUK family members who could not say the last good byes to their loved ones, we would like to extend our sincere condolences and pray for their eternal peace.
1. Father of Shri Pavan ji Nagori, Dr. Lajpat Nagori, 82 years, Mumbai passed away on 12th April 2020
2. Mother of Shri Nachiket ji Chandak, Sow. Shobha ji Suresh ji Chandak, 60 yrs, Shegoan,India passed away on 29th March 2020
3. Father of Sow. Kirti Ramnaresh ji Sonee, Shri Nandlalji Heda, Bhyander,70 yrs, passed away on 23rd June 2020
4. Father of Shri Shreeraj ji & Shri Supreme ji Laturia, Dr. Kishore ji Laturia, 70 yrs, Mumbai passed away on 28th June 2020
5. Father of Shri Dilip ji Pungalia, Shri Ramjivanji Pungalia, Jodhpur, Rajasthan passed away on 1st September 2020
6. Father of Shri Ashish ji & Shri Yogesh ji Mundada, Shri Bhagirath ji Mundada, 74 yrs, Nanded passed away on 14th Sept. 2020

MMUK’s Cookbook

Love for cooking!!

Pramila Bajaj’s Ghevar

Ghevar ( Ghewar ) is a Rajasthani cuisine sweet traditionally associated with the Teej Festival.

Ghevar Ingredients
• 1 Cup Plain Flour
• 4 tsp Ghee
• 4-5 Ice-Cubes
• 1 tsp lemon Juice
• Pinch 🤏 of salt
• Ghee for Frying

Method
Take a mixer add ghee, ice, and beat for a few seconds. Add half of the meda , chilled water and beat again for few seconds.
Add rest of meda, salt , lemon juice, chilled water and beat again for a minute to make a smooth flowing batter.
Split the batter into two and place one in the fridge and other in sauce bottle. Make sure the batter is chilled.
Take a narrow and tall vessel for frying as it is more easy and safe. Fill the vessel to half full with ghee and switch on a high flame.
Once ghee hot pour the batter from a height so it spreads well. Do this process every 2 minutes at lest 4-5 times.
Do not touch till golden, crispy and doesn’t stick to the sides of the vessel.

Rabdi Ingredients
• 1 litre Milk
• Sugar
• Kesar
• Ilayachi Powder
• Pistachio for Garnish
• Rose water
Method: Take a pan add milk and boil till you can get malai and looks like rabdi texture.
Add kesar,ilayachi powder,Rose water and garnish with pistachio!
Sugar Syrup
• 1 bowl Sugar
• 1 Cup Water
• Saffron
• Ilayachi Powder
Take a pan add all ingredients together and boil on medium heat till get one string consistency!
Now time to arrange ghevar- when you’re ready to eat pour sugar syrup (lukewarm) then spread Rabdi on top. Garnish with pistachio and rose petals!

Surbhi Somani’s Imam Bayildi (Stuffed Eggplant Turkish Recipe)

Ingredients
• 5 medium eggplants
• 3 tbsp. / 45 ml olive oil
• 6 tomatoes, peeled and chopped roughly
• 1 large onion, chopped finely
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped finely
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• a pinch of nutmeg
• ½ tsp sea salt + more to taste
• freshly ground pepper, to taste
• handful of fresh parsley
• 2 tbsp. of fresh dill
• 1 tsp brown sugar (I used brown, unrefined)
• 2 tbsp. pine nuts, dry roasted
• Some grated cheese

Method
Preheat the oven to 230 º C / 450 º F.
Using a sharp knife, make deep slits in the aubergines, lengthwise (be careful not to pierce them all the way to the bottom). Fit the aubergines into a baking tray (slit side up) and pre-bake them for 30 minutes.
While the aubergines are baking, make the sauce. Heat up 1 and ½ tbsp olive oil in a pan. Add chopped onions and fry them gently until soft and translucent. Add chopped garlic to the onions and fry them off for another minute or two. Add cinnamon and coat the onion & garlic mixture in it. Set aside.
After 30 minutes, take pre-baked aubergines out of the oven and place them on a colander (in the sink) and let the excess water drain off. Reduce oven temperature to 180 º C / 355 º F
Once aubergines have drained and cooled off, scoop some of their flesh out to make room for the stuffing. Chop scooped out aubergine flesh finely and add to the onion and garlic mixture, together with chopped tomatoes. Fry it all off gently until tomatoes lose their moisture and you get a thick sauce. Season with sugar, salt and pepper. Add most of fresh parsely and dill (reserve a little for garnish.
Lightly salt the inside of scooped aubergines and fill them with the tomato mixture.Snugly place them in an oven-proof dish and pour the rest of tomato mixture to the bottom of the dish with 1 and ½ tbsp. of olive oil and 40 ml of water
Cover the tray with a piece of kitchen foil and bake in a 180 degree oven for about 20 minutes.Serve warm or at room temperature, sprinkled with fresh dill or parsley and roasted pine nuts and some cheese if you wish.

Vandana Somani’ Tiramisu Recipe

serves6

Ingredients:
• 150 grams double cream
• 1 packet of sponge fingers
• 6 tsp coffee powder
• 1 1/2 cup water
• Vanilla essence few drops
• Coffee powder 6tsp
• A deep glass dish to arrange n serve

Method
• Mix coffee n water n let it boil. Let it boil till the quality reduces to half.
• Let it cool and come at room temperature.
• Whisk double cream with a electronic double whisk. Keep whisking it till it thickens n starts forming peaks, at that time add mascarpone cheese n whisk again now you will get a thick creamy consistency.
• Add 7 tsp sugar and few drops of vanilla essence.

• Now put this mix in refrigerator.
• Now take a deep glass dish. Dip each sponge finger in coffee syrup n arrange in glass dish. So, cover the first bottom layer with coffee syrup dipped sponge finger. Now cover this with the cream and dust coco powder with a sieve.
• Cover the third layer with sponge finger dipped in coffee syrup and fourth and top layer again with cream n dust with coco powder.
We have created four layers by setting sponge finger and cream alternately.
The layers look like this after we arrange you can see we have two layers of each with sponge fingers and cream. The coffee powder dusting looks like this
On the topmost layer dust with coco powder n decorate with strawberry or cherry.
I have done with fresh cherries. U can decorate the way you want with your favourite fruit. This is how it looks after decoration with cherry. Please try this simple and yummy dessert. Hope you enjoyed it.

Sheetal’s Chocolate Brownies

Ingredients:
• 1 cup self-rising flour
• 3 teaspoon coco powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ tea-spoon soda bicarbonate
• ½ cup sugar
• 100 gm butter
• ¾ cup chocolate chips
• ½ cup of water
• 200 ml condensed milk

Method
1. Preheat oven at 180 degree Celsius.
2. Grease baking tray with butter and then line-up with parchment paper.
3. Sift together in bowl following ingredients,
a. self-rising flour
b. coco powder
c. baking powder and
d. soda bicarbonate.
4. Add sugar to bowl and mix.
5. Microwave – butter and chocolate chips in separate bowl for 45 seconds and then pour into sifted dry ingredients.
6. Add water and condensed milk to the bowl and whisk until you find it a smoother batter.
7. Pour batter into a baking tray and tap on the smooth surface to take out all the air bubbles.
8. Now bake it for 30 minutes in preheated oven at 180 degree Celsius.
9. Once baked let it cool down for 30 minutes.
10. Cut it into squares pieces and drizzle with some chocolate syrup while serving.

Ritika Maheshwary’s Paneer Gunjiya
An easy Indian tea time snack with packed up bread and a paneer filling. Best served hot with Ketchup/Chutney of choice.

Ingredients
• 1 small bowl crumbled fresh paneer
• 1 small onion, chopped fine
• 1 Capsicum (use various colors), chopped fine
• 7-8 pc Jalapeno, chopped fine
• 1 Carrot, chopped fine
• A small bunch of fresh Mint leaves, chopped fine
• 10 Slices of fresh Medium white bread
• Black/White Pepper to taste
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

Instructions
1. Place the crumbled paneer in a wide bowl.
2. Add the chopped onion, capsicum, Jalapeno, carrot, and mint.
3. Mix lightly with your fingertips.
4. Add salt and black/white pepper.
5. Blend again with fingertips and set aside while you prepare the bread.
6. Remove the crusts from your bread. Use the regular medium white supermarket variety.
7. Roll out each slice quite thin as you can(Paratha thickness). Regular bread that’s fresh and soft should be easy to roll out.
8. Place the bread in Gunjiya maker and fill one side of the shape with the filling.
9. Add water greasing to the edges of the Gunjiya shape.
10. Press tightly to get the shape and pack the bread.
11. Heat the oil and deep fry the paneer Gunjiya.
12. Repeat with the remaining bread slices.
13. Cut and serve with green chutney and Ketchup

Seema Sodani’s Eggless Oats Pancake

Ingredients for 5-6 pancakes
Maida ½ cup
Powdered Oats ¼ cup
Whole Wheat Flour ¼ cup
Powdered Sugar 2 Tbsp
Baking Soda ½ tsp
Baking Powder ½ Tbsp
Vanilla Essence ½ tsp
Butter Melted 2 Tbsp
Milk 1 cup
Coconut Powder 1 Tbsp
Pinch of Salt
For Garnishing Mango, Banana, Strawberry, Blueberry, Honey, Chocolate sauce, Nuts, Nutella Hazelnut spread
Substitutes : 1 cup flour could be taken in proportions of your liking but having Oats is recommended.

Steps
1. Mix all the dry ingredients well.
2. Add all wet ingredients, mix well, but not too much as it is an eggless recipe, so beating the batter too much will ruin the result. After making the batter, make the pancake within an hour.
3. Only If you want to make a chocolate pancake, you can add 2 Tbsp cocoa powder.
4. Pour batter on a non-stick tawa on medium heat. After approx. 30-45 seconds, flip the pancake when it is light brown.
5. Garnish with fruits and nuts of your choice and top off with nutella for a healthy and tasty pancake! Serve while its hot or warm.

Samraat’s Cheese Bombay Sandwich
Method
1. Take 3 slices of bread
2. Spread butter and green chutney
3. Layer slices of boiled potatoes
4. Sprinkle chaat masala
5. Spread cheese
6. Put second slice of bread
7. Layer tomatoes, onions, capsicum
8. Sprinkle chaat masala
9. Spread cheese
10. Cover with third slice of bread
11. Toast it in the toaster
12. It’s ready now to eat

Regards
Team MMUK

President’s Note

Jai Mahesh Jai Shri Krishna,
I am sure everyone has had a very great start to the year 2020 and Team MMUK is very much delighted to make it even more engaging and winged through its various activities planned for the community. I have some updates, upcoming event details to share and some achievements in our community to be cheered for.

It again gives me an immense pleasure to announce that Mr Piyush Somani of Milton Keynes has come forward to pledge towards our Long Term Objective of Maheshwari Bhavan, London making a total pledge to £175,111
I would like to request you all Maheshwari Families to treat this as an invitation to come forward and join hands to Leave Legacy on this foreign land.

MMUK Elections 2020
Dec 2019 marked the end of 2 year MMUK committee term. In line with the process to form a new committee for the following term nominations were requested for the new term. Further to this we received nominations from members who are enthusiastic to work and contribute for the upcoming term. As per the procedures and process of MMUK constitution the existing committee was dissolved and an independent election panel was set up. This year Mr. Rahul Naodhar, Mr. Ghanshyam Zavar and Mrs. Rachna Jain presided as the MMUK 2020 election panel. This panel examined the nominations received and obtained final confirmations of the nominations. In total we had 8 nominations for 9 posts which did not necessitate a full election. 8 directors were appointed and Mr Ramnaresh Sonee was elected as the president unanimously by all 8 directors. Subsequently all the posts were elected and the new committee was formed as below:-

Role	Name
President	Ramnaresh Sonee
Secretary	Madhusudan Kabra
Treasurer	Deepak Kabra
Jnt. Secretary	Ashish Somani
Event Co-ordinator	Dinesh Sodani
External PR, Youth	Sanjana Karnani
Internal PR	Lokesh Chechani
IT Co-ordinator	Pankaj Bang

Following the election the team also had its first Board Meeting which was followed by MMUK AGM. At AGM Deepak Kabra presented MMUK financials to all. MMUK member’s opinion and wishes on future events and what they want to see coming from this committee were also discussed. President Ramnaresh Sonee concluded the AGM offering gratitude to directors for his re- election and a heartfelt thanks to departing members Mr. Arvind Maheshwari, Mrs. Pramila Bajaj and Mr. Amit Jawandhiya.

Key upcoming MMUK events for 2020

1. Some time for our health: CPR Training Camp

Some recent events in and around MMUK family triggered our thoughts on how can we better equip our families for emergency situations, hence we thought of full cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training for MMUK members.
CPR is a life-saving technique that helps maintain blood flow to the brain and heart in an emergency situation. Along with this we will also have Choking and Recovery Position Training
in this same one hour session. However, it will be open to other communities too, based on first come first serve.
A Certified Trainer will train you with CPR life saving skills. Post training certificates will be issued to all individuals.
Nothing is more important than one’s life – “Jaan Hai to Jahan Hai” so we request everyone to attend this certified training.
Please register your attendance for £5 per adult to cover the basic cost.
This event is open to other communities too and we would encourage all MMUK members to attend and also requests to encourage all near and dear friends of individual.

2. MMUK delighted to invite you all for this Family Business Master class by Mr Sumeet Kabra – Director at https://www.rrkabel.com/

Postponed due to Coronavirus

3.Mahesh Navmi 2020 in Midlands – Lets have Stronger Bonding

Stay Tune – Booking will open soon
MMUK – Bringing Maheshwari’s together – as our objective so is our action. This year MMUK will celebrate Mahesh Navmi in Midlands’s countryside. MMUK Midlands Chapter is working very hard to deliver a fantabulous event. This is a beautiful venue based in Gloucester, where we all can spend time together and mingle with MMUK families which will surely help strengthen community bonding. Save the date message/email has been sent out with details. Event will commence from evening of 3rd July to 5th July 2020. Please stay tuned for more details of the programme are finalized and registrations will open soon thereafter. We have limited seats for this event so early registration is recommended.

4. MMUK Diwali Dhamaka 28th Nov or 5th Dec.
MMUK team would like you to tentatively reserve 28st Nov and 5th Dec 2020 for our MMUK Diwali-Dhamaka. We are in process of finalizing the venue based on above dates availability and capacity.

Akhil Bharatiya Maheshwari Mahasabha (ABMMS) had their term elections earlier in Dec 2019 and Shri Shyamsunder ji Soni panel won the elections and have retained the term. Below is core team of ABMMS committee.

MMUK congratulates the whole ABMMS team for the re-election of 29th Satra 2020–2023

Pleased to share the below letter from ABMMS in support of Maheshwari Bhavan London

Pleased to share the above letter from ABMMS in support of Maheshwari Bhavan London

Community Achievements:-
Disposable Green – http://www.disposablegreen.co.uk/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/b?node=18050415031

Santosh and Suman Gandhi founder of Disposable Green has been awarded First Prize of Innovative Small Business of the Year by Amazon.

Disposable Green creates environmentally-friendly tableware, straws and takeaway solutions that reduce dependence on plastic and offers a range of products made from naturally-fallen Areca palm leaves.

Verdure Plus – https://www.verdureplus.co.uk/

Ms Sanjana Karnani founder of Verdure Plus was recently invited by MA TV in UK for an interview through its monthly series Nari-Tu-Narayani. Series focuses on Indian origin women achievements, issues and accolades their achievements. Sanjana is an entrepreneur mom. She founded Verdure plus an online retailer specializing in only high quality health products.

MMUK team wishes great progress and success to both ventures for its growth and to scale new heights.

Charity Patrons:-

Patron Programme has committed support MMUK to Maheshwari Shikshan Vikas Sanstha, Nanded They financially support needy students in keeping up with their education.

We strongly urge everyone in the MMUK community to support this great charity initiative to help wider Maheshwari community. What it requires is

A two-year commitment for an agreed
Minimum £100 (paid annually) with no upper limit.

Want to join:
WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/C4kKKgH5VDm31kvjByI Hiq

Email: info@mmuk.dreamztechnology.net

For more details please get in touch with

Ashish Somani at info@mmuk.dreamztechnology.net

President’s Note

Jai Mahesh Jai Shri Krishna,
I wish all MMUK family a very Happy Navratri and Happy Festive Season.

I also like to welcome Mr. Madhusudan Kabra and Mr. Pankaj Bang for joining the MMUK Board http://www.mmuk.org/about-us/our-committee/.

I realise that the food arrangements could have been better at Mahesh Navmi Boat Party and promise to implement to all our future events.

MMUK team is geared up working towards this Diwali Event and looking forward to welcome you all on Saturday, 9th November 2019 6pm at The VIP Lounge, Edgware.

We are pleased to inform that Midland Maheshwari organised two days visit to Wildorhope Manor, Wenlock in July 2019. This was attended by more than 50 Maheshwari’s. This trip was very well organised and has been very memorable outdoor trip for those who participated.

Next year we are planning to celebrate Mahesh Navmi 2020 somewhere in Midlands as we believe it will provide more opportunity to connect and collaborate with wider community from different parts of UK.

Maheshwari Bhawan – London
It gives me an immense pleasure to announce (and Invite) as I have just started working towards our Long Term Objective of Maheshwari Bhavan, London and in no time received pledge of £151,224 so far towards the Phase 1 from the following MMUK Members:

1) MMUK

2) Ramnaresh Sonee – Stanmore

3) Mr. Deepak Kabra – Birmingham

4) Ms. Sanjana Karnani – Kingsbury

5) Mr. Arvind Maheshwari – Pinner

6) Mr. Shriniwas Bajaj – Harrow on the Hill

7) Mr. Viren Mundra – Guildford

8) Dr. Manish Maheshwari – Pinner

9) Mr. Shreeraj Laturia – Canary Wharf

10) Mr. Dilip Pungaliya – Ilford

11) Mr. Shyam Bajaj – Uxbridge

I would like to apologise to other Maheshwari Bandhus for not getting in touch with them personally and request them to treat this as a personal invitation to come forward and join hands to Leave Legacy in this Foreign Land.

http://www.mmuk.org/maheshwari-bhavan-london/

MMUK representation in ABMMS
Akhil Bharat Varshiya Maheshwari Mahasabha (ABMMS) decided to appoint two members from MMUK in their Karya Kari Mandal’s NRI quota with voting rights. This has been possible due to great presence of MMUK team and members at MGC Jodhpur in January this year.

MMUK President and External PR role bearers will be representing MMUK in ABMMS. Shri Shyam Sunder ji Soni, Sabhapati and Shri R L ji Kabra, Arth Mantri of ABMMS have confirmed this.

www.maheshwarimahasabha.org

This will allow making the bond stronger between both organisations and will provide opportunities for MMUK to connect with other NRI Karya Kari members from across the globe.

Warm Regards

Ramnaresh Sonee

Charity Patrons

Patron Programme has committed support MMUK to Maheshwari Shikshan Vikas Sanstha, Nanded, that financially supports needy students in keeping up with their education.

We strongly urge everyone in the MMUK community to support this great charity initiative to help wider Maheshwari community. What it requires is

A two-year commitment for an agreed amount.
Minimum £100 (paid annually) with no upper limit.
Want to join via:

Whatsapp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/C4kKKgH5VDm31kvjByIHiq

For More Details please get in touch with Ashish Somani at info@mmuk.dreamztechnology.net

Family Holidays
We asked parents to engage their youngsters and send a write-up on their memorable ‘ Family Holiday’. This section is featuring those write-ups.

Master Yashay Maheshwari, Age: 8 1/2 years

Master Samraat Sonee, Age: 6 1/2 years

Aayush Darak, Age 14 yr
Neither my holiday was visiting exotic places such as Dubai or Greece nor was it about trying new hobbies such as skiing. My summer holiday was visiting the same places I have been to over the previous years. You must be thinking, why would you visit the same place more than twice, there are many other places I could have gone to? Nevertheless, this was special to me and I will always remember as one of the best trips that I have experienced. This time I went with my grandparents who came over to spend the summer with me and my family. So here goes the story…

On Thursday, we went to the airport. When we got there, we started scrolling the bags to the desk where they check the passports. We had our dinner at the airport and entered the flight which was for 2 hours. When we reached Rome airport, we went to the desk again to show the passports and got our bags and pram. We went to the hotel from airport.

Next morning on Friday, after having breakfast, we started our sightseeing in Rome. Firstly, we visited the Vatican. There we saw a gallery of ancient pictures of Rome. We also visited Sistine Chapel where we had to be quiet as it is a church. On the walls, we saw loads of paintings, Jesus on the cross and lots of candles. Later, we saw the St Peter’s Basilica. We saw a big church there and huge paintings and statues. Later we had dinner and rested.

Next day, we had breakfast and went to see Colosseum. When we arrived at Colosseum, we took pictures. Later in the day, we visited various famous places in Rome with lots of fountains and monuments.

Next day was Sunday and last day of our trip. We had our breakfast and then we got out of the hotel and went to see Spanish steps. Then we went to a cafe and had some cake. From there, we got a sketch done of me and my little brother. Later, we saw Trevi fountain, it is a beautiful fountain. Then we went to hotel to get our bags and then left for the airport to return back to London. We scrolled the bags to the desk to show our passports, after 2 hours we were in the plane and reached London. Then we went to the desk again and we went in the taxi to home. And our memorable trip to Rome ended!

Master Aarav Jain, Age 5 years
Memorable Holiday at Legoland

In summer holidays I went to Legoland and loved it because I love Legos. I was amazed to see the Mclaren car which was made of 500,000 lego pieces. I wish to make a bigger lego figure one day.

We all went on a boat ride which I enjoyed first but later I felt that I was nearly going to fall down. I also enjoyed the spinning cup ride with my friends and family.

Then we went to miniature land where I found many cities which were really tiny. The miniature land was very educational.

The water rides and ice cream made me feel cool on that hot sunny day. In the afternoon sun came out and nearly washed off my spider man tattoo.

It was the best outing ever because I love legos and I was able to see dinosaurs, cars, superheroes made out of Legos.

University Admissions
We are proud to share university admission news of the kids from MMUK families. MMUK team would like to congratulate the parents and wish the kids a bright future.

Aryan Maheshwari, son of Late Mrs. Shilpa & Mr. Anupam Maheshwari from Birmingham, has been selected in Keele University for Law.

Mehika Bajaj (Age 18), daughter of Mrs. Pramila & Mr. Shriniwas Bajaj from London, has completed her A levels obtaining A* AA and has been accepted into Warwick University, a top five UK university, for Economics and Global Sustainable Development course.

Ayush Laddha, son of Dr. Sapna & Dr. Atul Laddha from Leicester, has secured admissions in very prestigious and one of the best dental universities in the world, the Dundee University in Scotland for September 2019 intake. He has secured 3 A stars in all his major subjects chosen for his A levels exams.
Amartya Maheshwari, son of Mrs. Deepti & Mr. Amit Maheshwari, is admitted to Cambridge for Economics for this year intake.

Anaika Nagori daughter of Mrs. Roopa & Mr. Pavan Nagori from London, has completed her A levels with 2A* and 2A, along with dissertation in economic impacts of dictatorships (A). She is studying PPE at Warwick.

Sakshi Kabra daughter of Mrs Mitu & Mr. Atul Kabra from London, completed her A levels studying Chemistry, Physics, Maths, Further Maths and EPQ. Sakshi has secured a place at the University of Bath to study M.Eng in Chemical Engineering.

Obituaries
With profound grief we have to inform the sudden and sad demise of Shri Badrilal ji Chechani, father of Mr. Rajesh Chechani (Former MMUK President) on 13th Sept 2019. We will always cherish the sweet memories of him attending our Mahesh Navmi Boat Party event in July this year. Our prayers and thoughts are with Rajesh and his family!

With deepest condolences from MMUK team, we have to inform the sudden demise of Smt. Tarabai Subhash Chandra Baheti, mother of Ms. Trupti Baheti on 24th Sept 2019. Our prayers and thoughts are with Trupti and her family.

– Newsletter complied and edited by Mr. Pankaj Bang & Mr. Amit Jawandhiya

President’s Note

 

Jai Mahesh Jai Shri Krishna,
I would like to wish all MMUK family a very Happy Holi and Gangaur.

Every cloud has a silver lining.
Last year ended in a very turbulent way for the MMUK family. The loss of members from Laturia family did shake the entire community. I would like to thank each and every member of the community who were on standby to support. It made us realise the power of community and also support which each one of us needs especially living miles away from the family back home. The loss is irrecoverable but the support is forever.

This year the working committee comes with fresh enthusiasm and the various roles taken by team members are:

Role	Name
President	Mr. Ramnaresh Sonee
Secretary	Ms. Sanjana Karnani
Joint Secretary	Mr. Ashish Somani
Treasurer	Mr. Deepak Kabra
External PR, Youth & IT Co-ordinator	Mr. Arvind Maheshwari
Event Co-ordinator	Mr. Amit Jawandhiya
Internal PR Co-ordinator	Mrs. Pramila Bajaj

The Team MMUK is geared up working towards the two annual events Mahesh Navmi & Diwali and personally requests you all to save the date for both:-

Mahesh Navmi – Sunday, 7th July 2019

Diwali – Saturday, 9th November 2019,
Look forward to seeing you all.

Warm Regards

Ramnaresh Sonee

Contact: info@mmuk.org

General Update:
Diwali 2018 updates can be found here.

Patron Programme updates can be found here.

General Update:
Team MMUK organised its very first creative lounge on Sunday 17th Mar 2019 as part of MMUK Youth programme. It provided a 30 mins free lesson on “how to create a poster or a leaflet or an invitation from scratch using www.canva.com”.

These skills can be useful to promote school/college projects or campaigns or creating marketing material for your business ideas.

Mr Arvind Maheshwari organised an online zoom meeting which was attended by 15 young members of the community. MMUK is excited to start this initiative and are looking forward to more participation from the community in the near future.

For Webinar Replay click here.

She Is Gone
A poem by David Harkins shared by Noble and Shreerupa Laturia in the loving memory of their mothers & the sister:

You can shed tears that she is gone

Or you can smile because she has lived

You can close your eyes and pray that she will come back

Or you can open your eyes and see all that she has left

Your heart can be empty because you can’t see her

Or you can be full of the love that you shared

You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday

Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday

You can remember her and only that she is gone

Or you can cherish her memory and let it live on

You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back

Or you can do what she would want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

Outstanding Accomplishments by Community Members

Deeva Karnani Shah (8years)

Deeva was awarded “She Inspires” Award 2019 under the category of Youngest Author by Inspiring Indian Women on ‘International Women’s Day’ at the House of Parliament.

She has published her very first book for children “The Mysterious Island” this year. She has decided to donate the entire proceedings received from the sales of her book to Akshaya Patra Foundation UK. So far, se has collected £200 for the charity.

She was also felicitated by Shree Jalaram Mandir Greenford for the same. Deeva is now in the process of writing her second book which will hopefully get published by the end of the year.

Sneha Daga (12 Years)

The Little Princess Trust provides real hair wigs free of charge to children and young people up to the age of 24 that have sadly lost their own hair due to cancer treatment and other illnesses. The Trust relies solely on the efforts of enthusiastic community fundraisers.This year for her birthday she wanted to do something different. Every year she receives lots of presents, so this year she decided to give away something she loves. Hopefully, this small act will contribute to make a great positive impact on a young person’s life. She was inspired to do this to make the anonymous person smile and be confident to leave the house without fear of being judged and excluded. She has donated her hair to the Little Princess Trust. She has cut 20 inches of her hair for donation and very grateful to all friends and family who supported her. She has raised £800 which is going directly to the Little Princess Trust.

Shaurya Maheshwari (20 years)

Shaurya has been selected in British Army as a Doctor after several rigorous examinations and he is the only candidate selected from his batch. Shaurya is doing Medicine from Birmingham University and would join British Army soon after completing his Medicine in 2021.Shaurya is also pursuing his modelling career alongside his medical career. He was show stopper in London fashion show in 2017 and have already done modelling for Ikea, Kenzo, Valentino, Burberry etc.

He is the son of Shri Anupam Maheshwari and Late Smt. Shilpa Maheshwari

Dr Archana Tapuria

Dr. Archana Tapuria, a multidimensional personality, a paediatrician and a biomedical engineer is working as a ‘Digital Health Consultant’ and as a ‘Senior Clinical Research Fellow’, with King’s College London. Following her medical degrees, with great determination, she pursued engineering (IIT Mumbai) and set an example of a unique choice of career, building a strong mettle and qualities of a doctor and an engineer together. Hailing from a small town in Konkan, she has emerged as a successful woman in various fields of life and professionally accoladed, is now based in London.

Recent Achievements:

She has been recently honoured with the title of Mrs. Intellectual, Mrs. India UK, 2018.
She was invited on the Jury panel for the national Digital health/pharma awards at the Connected Health India Summit, Mumbai, 2018
She has been selected as part of the Jury for the Womennovator Awards, 2019 in Delhi, India.
Archana is an author of an ebook, ‘Digital Patient Roadmap’ and has 25+ international publications in the field of Health Informatics.
She has been working for the cause of ‘reuse of medicines and provision of medical treatment’ to the needy patients and also promotes the mental health research. She believes that, ‘Hard work and generosity are the key to success and happiness together!’

Articles Written by Our Young Members

Holi is a Hindu spring festival. It is predominantly celebrated in India and Nepal but also has spread to the other parts of Asia.

Holi known as the festival of colours is celebrated on full moon day.

What do people do on Holi?

On Holi people –

Apply colours on friends and family to make their life bright and colourful.
They do a bonfire
They pray to god for good health and happiness
Why do people celebrate Holi ?

In the Braj region of India, where the Hindu deity Krishna grew up, the festival is celebrated until Rangpanchmi in commemoration of

Divine love of Radha for Lord Krishna. The festival’s officially usher in spring, with Holi celebrated as the festival of love.

What is the story behind the holi festival?

While Hiranyakshipu and Holika came to represent evil and demanded worship, Vishni and Prahlad came to represent good.

It is the a great story of VICTORY OVER EVIL!!

Yashay Maheshwary – (8 years)
It is world book day,

Only a day before

I visit the marketplace

Hearing the chitter chatter through my ears

It is world book day,

Only a day before

I visit the market place

Hearing the footsteps through my ears

It is world book day,

Only a day before

I visit the marketplace

Hearing the crunching through my ears

It is world book day,

Only a day before

I visit the marketplace

Hearing the scruffing through my ears

It is world book day

Only a day before

I visit the marketplace

Hearing the triangles and bells through my ears

It is world book day

Only a day before

I visit the marketplace

Hearing the people trying to persuade through my ears

By -Bhumik Somani (9 Years)
FRIENDSHIP

When your life is in tatters

It’s the friendship that matters

When sad moments give me a blow

And when I am feeling low

And I have nowhere to go

Then I come to you

You make my face glow

All the moments that we share

The friendship comes at no fare

Yet it’s the most priceless layer

Two vital ingredients, Trust and Care

Friends like you are truly Rare

You have dried my tears

Because of you, I have no fears

I’ve have always shared,

and candidly declared

From the start to the end

you are my Best Friend!

By -Bhumik Somani (9 Years)
FRIENDSHIP

By Tanisha (Riddhi) Maheshwari (11 Years)

Newsletter edited by Ms. Sanjana Karnani